Comparison

Timer with Sections vs SampleSnap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Timer with Sections

This app helps you manage time during performances by dividing it into customizable sections. It visually displays elapsed and remaining time for both individual sections and the entire event, with options to adjust timing on the fly.

Highlights
  • Structure time into sections
  • Intuitive time visualization
  • Adjust schedule during performance
  • Pause, skip, or reset sections
  • Alarm option for section ends
  • Log finished performance data
Features
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The 'Timer with Sections' supports you during your performance (e.g., a talk or keynote speech, a seminar or lecture, a workout) by providing intuitively visualized timing information. It allows you to structure time into 'sections'. [ Demo video available at: http://tinyurl.com/iphonetimer ] During your performance, you can easily adjust the schedule by moving time across sections, with a swipe gesture (e.g., when feedback from the audience requires you to skip or intensify a section of your performance) or by pressing the pause button (e.g., when answering a question from the audience requires some extra time). Features: Structuring a Performance: Available time can be divided into sections. Visualization of Time: The performance assistant view intuitively visualizes the remaining and elapsed time, both for the current section and the whole performance. Elapsed time is depicted in red, remaining time in green. An inner disc represents the used and remaining time for the current section. The section title is displayed in the center. An outer ring represents the used and remaining time for the whole performance. The segments of the ring represent the individual sections. Paused time (see below on the concept of pause) will is depicted in dark red. Extra time obtained by skipping parts of a section (see below on the concept of skipping) will be depicted in dark green. Alarm Option: Optionally, you can set an alarm at the end of each section. If set a short tick sound will signal the end of a section. Note: The iPhone will vibrate if you have configured "vibrate" in its sound setup. Managing Time during a Performance: Except for the stop-button you cannot interrupt, pause, extend or shorten a running performance. However, there are advanced possibilities to flexibly adjust the length of a section during a running performance, by moving time among sections. For example, your performance could have a section containing additional results which you might want to shorten or skip in favour of extending another section. There are three ways of altering the planned schedule during a running performance: * Pausing: Holding time for the current section, by shortening a later one. * Skipping: Skipping remaining time of the current section, by extending a later section. * Resetting: Setting elapsed time to zero for the current section, by shortening a later section. Leaving the Application: If you leave the performance assistant view or even the application, then the timer continues to count down. If you return to the performance assistant view, it will recover its previous state, including the elapsed time. If the performance assistant view is interrupted by pressing the home button or an incoming call, then a running performance is automatically switched to 'pause'. Logging a Finished Performance: Upon finishing a performance, you are asked if you like to log that performance. If you log the performance, then data as the actual time run or skipped is stored for each section. This allows you to analyse your performance and hence adjust and improve your schedule. A log of a performance can be viewed at any later time. It can be exported via email. Tips: Rehearsal: If you are creating a new performance, you should use Performance Assistant in a rehearsal. Then analysing your time requirements by checking the log file. Buffer Time: Consider adding a shrinkable section with optional topics or just a general discussion sections towards the end of your performance such that it can serve as a buffer. Note that you can pause a section only if such a buffer exits.

About

SampleSnap

Features
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SampleSnap macht die fotografische Dokumentation von Prüfmuster schnell, sauber und nachvollziehbar. Nimm Fotos direkt mit der iPhone- oder iPad-Kamera auf und ergänze sie automatisch mit einer klaren Beschriftung. Der Text wird als kontrastreicher Balken am unteren Bildrand gespeichert, damit Bildinhalt und Kennzeichnung immer zusammenbleiben. Wähle vor der Aufnahme einen Speicherordner aus und speichere deine Fotos direkt als JPEG in einem gewünschten Ordner in der Dateien-App oder iCloud Drive. So bleiben die Bilder kompatibel und lassen sich einfach in bestehende Arbeitsabläufe übernehmen. - Fotos mit der nativen Kamera aufnehmen - Freie Beschriftung mit optionaler laufender Nummerierung - Schriftgröße und Farbe des Beschriftungsbalkens anpassen - Beschriftungsbalken bei Bedarf deaktivieren - Fotos direkt als JPEG im gewählten Ordner speichern - Eigene Galerie für gespeicherte Prüfmuster - Mehrere Fotos auswählen, teilen oder löschen - Fotos im Vollbild ansehen und per Geste schließen - Bildausschnitte mit festen Seitenverhältnissen zuschneiden - Beschriftungen nachträglich direkt am Foto ändern - Bereiche mit Linien, Pfeilen und Kreisen markieren - Markierungen verschieben, skalieren, drehen und einfärben

Screenshots

Timer with Sections4 screens
SampleSnap3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SampleSnap at Free against Timer with Sections's $1.99. Timer with Sections's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SampleSnap is free to download; Timer with Sections costs $1.99 up front. SampleSnap sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Timer with Sections asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer with Sections ships an update every 2 weeks, SampleSnap monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timer with Sections versus SampleSnap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer with SectionsSampleSnap
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian FriesFelix Maximilian Stopa

In-app purchases

None

Timer with Sections

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SampleSnap

One-time2
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me a beer$1.99

Questions

Is Timer with Sections free?
Timer with Sections costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SampleSnap free?
SampleSnap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timer with Sections or SampleSnap have ads?
Neither Timer with Sections nor SampleSnap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer with Sections or SampleSnap?
Timer with Sections ships an update every 2 weeks, and SampleSnap monthly. Most recently, Timer with Sections was updated on October 2, 2026 and SampleSnap on September 9, 2026.

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